civilian Viggen flys!!

[wendovertom]

check it out!!

http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=41546

How cool is this!?

Oh, and if anyone has a K-13 gunsight manual or gunners manual with a K-13 section please let me know

Thanks,

Tom P.

[Tulio]

That's so freaking neat!

The Viggen has been one of my favorite aircraft of all times.

Thank you for the link!

Saludos,


Tulio

[JDK]

That is a neat thing to see. Scores high on the 'multiple unique points in preservation' scale.

Wiki page:

The last Viggen flight took place in June 2007.

Not any more - Well done the Swedes!

[lmritger]

FANTASTIC!!!!

I have always loved the Viggen... an incredibly awesome and aggressive-looking aircraft at any angle, with performance to match. It's wonderful to see the Swedes honoring their aviation heritage by preserving airworthy examples of their signal achievements- unlike the US Navy, which has exactly zero Tomcats available for a Heritage Flight, for instance.

Will they be painting her in the well-known crazy splinter scheme from the 70s/80s?

Thanks for the update!

Lynn

[dors]

I had to check the date of your post before I opened it. I thought this was an April Fools joke.

I always loved those Swedish designs.

[kalamazookid]

Nice! I've always been a sucker for the Swedish jets. They all have very nice and unique lines. It would be cool if they flew it in formation with a Gripen or maybe a J.29!

[262crew]

That is way cool!

[hang the expense]

Only one word describes that flight and that is B I T C H I N !What a great looking bird and I doint even like jets.Except F 105G models.

[Towpilot]

FANTASTIC!!!!


Will they be painting her in the well-known crazy splinter scheme from the 70s/80s?

No. The airplane will get the same look as when it first entered service with SwAF. All bare metal with AFB number 7 on the air intakes and call sign 52 on the fin.

[Stephan Wilkinson]

It is a "civilian" Viggen in that it has civil registration, but it's obviously not a private warbird. It's part of the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight. Does anybody know why it was civil-registered, assumedly a legal thing of some sort?

[Mike262]

Check out this photo of a Swedish Air Force Historic flight formation from last monday including J 29, J 32, J 35, SK 60, AJ 37 and JAS 39.



http://martan.se/saab75-2.jpg

You tube film of first flight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol8JEO4iAt4

[The Inspector]

That's quite a gaggle of Herring Tins ain't it?

[K5DH]

Wow, that's one of the coolest jet formations ever!

[Stephan Wilkinson]

Is that a Gripen in the lead? If so, is it a Historic Flight aircraft or a Swedish AF unit?

[Mike262]

Yes its a Gripen up front, its from the air force while the other aircraft are from the historial flight.